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Tourism
(EMI)¤1

Released: Aug 1992
Overall rating: ¤383.7%¤1
¤2(only songs that haven't been on
any album before is counted.)¤1
Number of songs: 16 (12)
Best among
the new songs: ¤5Here Comes The W. 93%
               ¤5Queen Of Rain     90%
               ¤5The Heart Sh. S.  90%¤1 
Singles
released:      ¤5How Do You Do!¤1
(so far)       ¤5Queen Of Rain¤1

This   is   Roxette's   fourth   album
including  songs from  studios,  hotel
rooms and other strange places.
  ¤6It has the  same high quality as the
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previous  ones and  Per Gessle  really
shows us what a genius he really is!¤1 I
mean;  what do you do  on your touring
sparetime?  Sleep? Party? Sightseeing?
Yes,  but  while  doing  these  things
Gessle also writes songs,  good songs.
I  can't understand  where he gets all
the inspiration from.

The album contains some old hits,  but
also nine completely new songs.
  ¤2Track number  3, 12, 14 and  15 have
appeared on previous released albums.¤5

1. How Do You Do!  3:09            88%¤1

Recorded in  Halmstad  and  Stockholm,
Sweden.
  It's a very happy song and it sounds
a lot  like  Roxette  ¤2(really? - Ed.)¤1!
  This was the  first single  from the
album. That was a natural choice,  not
because  it's  best,  but because it's
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powerful  and has  a sort  of  pulling
effect.

 
¤52. Fingertips  3:33                85%¤1

A very nice and soft song  recorded at
a studio in Rio de Janeiro. 
  The  whole song  is like vague dream
and it is  easy to  fall asleep  while
listening to it.   Mmmm... I'm feeling
kind of sleepy. Zzzz...


¤53. The Look  5:32                  83%¤1

This  single was  their  international
break  through.   This version is from
their concert in Sydney.  A quite good
version, though it doesn't differ much
from the original version.
  The audience is  quite active in the
end.
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¤54. The Heart Shaped Sea  4:32      90%¤1

Recorded at studios in Los Angeles and
Stockholm.

  Another  very  calm  and  very  good
song.  Quite romantic too. ¤4The perfect
song to have  in  the background  when
you're  making  out  on the  sofa with
your new found love.¤1   The ingredients
are:     Three    acoustic    guitars,
a mandolin, a soft bass, a pedal steel
guitar    and   some   keyboards   and
percussion.


¤55. The Rain  4:49                  75%¤1

Another  completely new song.  Perhaps
not as happy as the others, but almost
just as good.
  Not much to say. Listen and get wet! 
  Recorded in Stocholm.
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¤56. Keep Me Waiting  3:10           82%¤1

A quick and quite happy new song.  The
keyboards are great.
  This  one  was also  recorded at EMI
Studios in Stockholm.



¤57. It Must Have Been Love  7:05    80%¤1

The smash  hit from  the  Pretty Woman
Soundtrack.   This version is actually
two versions mixed together. The first
one  was  recorded  live in  Santiago,
Chile   together  with   45,000   wild
Chilean fans.   The second version was
recorded at studios in Los Angeles and
Stockholm.
  It's  very  beautiful,   but  in  my
opinion   the   original   version  is
better.
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¤58. Cinnamon Street  5:00           82%¤1

A very good new song. Strange name,
but who cares anyway.
  Recorded at studios in Stockholm and
Copenhagen.

¤59. Never Is A Long Time  3:44      80%¤1

A real melting ballad that was written
in a nightclub in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  Perhaps a bit  weak to become a real
hit, but it's melting, so melting.

¤510. Silver Blue  4:06              87%¤1

This  is actually an  old  song  (from
1987),  but for  some reason it hasn't
been released on any album before.
  I'm  not sure  of this,  but I think
this song  was on the back of The Look
single.
  It's exactly the kind of song you're
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humming on at the beach!   It's really
good.


¤511. Here Comes The Weekend  4:10   93%¤1

This  is  my  favourite  song  on this
album.   It  has  a  very-easy-to-hum-
melody    and    an   almost   perfect
combination  between  Per  and Marie's
voices.
  It's  recorded  in  a  hotelroom  in
Buenos Aires, Argentina!


¤512. So Far Away  4:02              80%¤1 

This  song  is  taken  from  Roxette's
first album, Pearls Of Passion.
  However, this version is,  just like
Here Comes The Weekend,  recorded in a
hotelroom in Buenos Aires.
A soft and very nice song.
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¤513. Come Back  4:31                72%    
    (Before You Leave)¤1

This  an  old  song,  but not  as well
known as the others.
  It's a quite standard  Roxette song.
Fast  enough.   Happy  enough.    Good
enough.
¤514. Things Will Never  3:12        88%
    Be The Same¤1  

This  one is  taken  from the  Joyride
album. A very good and melting duet.
  This is a  live version  recorded in
Zurich, Switzerland.

¤515. Joyride  4:47                  92%¤1

From the Joyride album  ¤2(oh, you gotta
be kidding - Ed.)¤1.
  This  is also a  live version,  from
their concert in Sydney, December '91.
  A very  quick song with a  nice name
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that really makes you happy!

¤516. Queen Of Rain  4:50            90%¤1

The second single.     A very warm and
humid song. If ¤2Never Is A Long Time¤1 is
a melting  ballad, then  ¤2Queen Of Rain¤1
is even more melting.
  This is  the  perfect  last song  on
every discotheque
  Recorded in Stockholm.
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